Article of hardware



' m. 13, 1940. 5. H. mm 2,190,192

ARTICLE OF HARDWARE 114:}: 900.11. 1ssa Qvwwytm HORA CE 295% YMONDPatented Feb. 13, 1940 ARTICLE OF HARDWARE HoraceH. Raymond, Berlin,Conn, a-ssignor to The Stanley Works, New Britain, corporation ofConnecticut Conn, a

Application December 21, 1938, Serial No. 247,062

3 Claims.

l h'e present invention relates to hardware and more particularly tohandles for doors, drawers,

'or the like.

The present invention aims to provide an im-v proved article of hardwarecomprising a plurality of parts which may be readily assembled into arigid non-turning handle suitable for use as a door pull, drawer pull,or the like.

A still further object is a handle of the above type which may be ofchromium or other stainless finish and have associated therewith aninterohangeable colored portion whereby it may be made to harmonize withany selected color scheme.

A still further object is a handle of the above type which is simple andinexpensive in construction and may be readily assembled or disassembledby the user.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out more indetail hereinafter.

. The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplitied in the construction hereafter vset forth and the scope ofthe application of which will be in-.

dicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing; Figure 1 is a plan view of the handleembodying the invention herein, mounted on the surface of a drawer,door, or the like;

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a View taken on the line 4-4 of Fig, 3; and

Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are perspective views of the parts which make up thehandle.

Referring to the drawing, the handle comprises a plurality of partsincluding a securing member ID, a body or housing member 12 in which thesecuring member is received and positioned, and a colored strip or discl4 adapted to be positioned and held in place between cooperating partsof the securing and housing mem bers. a

More specifically, the securing member comprises a rectangular faceplate l6 having a centrally arranged aperture l8 adapted to receive thereduced outer end portion 20 of a non-circular shank 22. The aperture l8in the plate member may be slightly countersunk and the reduced portion26 of the shank peaned over to integrally secure the face plate andshank together. The shank member 22 in the embodiment illustrated isrectangular in cross section,

and the'inner end thereof is provided with a plurality of prongs 24adapted to bite into the surface upon'which the handle is mounted tosecurely position itthereon and prevent rotation thereof. There isfurther provided in the shank a centrally arranged bore 26 extendingfrom the inner end thereof and provided with a suitable thread forreceiving a securing screw or bolt 28; i

The body or housing member I2 comprisesa base plate 38 having acentrally arranged opening 32 adapted to receive the reduced upper end34 of an elongated spacing and positioning sleeve 36; the reduced upperend of the sleeve being peaned over to integrally secure the plate andsleeve together. The opening 38 through the.

elongated sleeve 36 is of like cross section to the shank 22, whereuponwhen the parts are assem-.

bled the securing member and body member will be held against rotationrelative to one another.

For ease in manufacture, the sleeve 36 may be made from a solid piece ofstock and then reamed or drilled to provide a circular bore 40 extendingsubstantially the entire length from the outer end thereoffwhreupon itwill only be necessary to broach or out the non-circular rectanglaropening 38 fora relatively short distance through the closed inner endof the sleeve. The outer end of the sleeve may then be shouldered, thusproviding the reduced portion which comprises a relatively thin butstrong circumferential rim which may be readily peaned over intosecuring position.

As readily seen from Fig. 3, the shank 22 of the securing member is of agreater length than the sleeve 36, and when the parts are assembled theprongs 24 of the shank will project beyond the lower end of the sleeve.With this arrangement, when it is desired to secure the handle to adoor, drawer, or the like, the drawer or door member 42 has a hole 44drilled therethrough of such size as to permit the bolt member 28 to bepassed therethroughl Theouter end of the bolt member is then screwedinto the bore of the shank 22, whereupon, by rotating the bolt, the faceplate IE will be drawn down and into abutting engagement with the baseplate 30 of the. securing member, and the prongs of the shank will bedrawn intothe drawer member 42, thus drawing the securing and body,members into a rigid non-turning assembled handle. When so positioned,the face and base plates cooperate to 1 provide a handle bar spacedoutwardly from the surface of the drawer by the sleeve 38, whereby samemay be readily gripped.

colored strip within the recess.

There is further provided the colored disc or strip M adapted to bepositioned between the face plate l6 and base plate iiil if it isdesired to have the handle harmonize with any particular color schemewhich is being used. The disc M is rectangular in shape and providedwith a centrally arranged rectangular opening 455 adapted to receive theshank 22 of the securing member. In order to prevent any loose play ofthe disc on the shank, the rectangular opening 48 is somewhat smallerthan the outer surface of the shank, and the corners of the opening areadditionally cutaway to provide inwardly extending tabs 43 which willclosely engage the sides of the shank when the disc is placed thereon.

In order that a portion of the disc will be visible when the parts areassembled, the cross sectional area of the face plate 15 is less thanthat of the base plate at, whereas the cross sectional area of the discis greater than the face plate, but less than the base plate. Thus whenthe parts are assembled, with the disc positioned between the face andbase plates, a portion 55 of the disc will be seen intermediate of theedges of the face plate and base plate.

In the particular embodiment shown, the base plate 33 is given a concavecurvature and provided with a recess 52 adapted to receive the coloredstrip M, and the face plate is given a like concave curvature tosecurely position the It is apparent, of course, that the face plate,base plate, and colored disc may have any desired but correspondingshape; it being necessary, however, that the face plate be of less crosssectional area than the base plate and the colored disc of anintermediate cross sectional area in order that it will be properlydisplayed.

It is likewise apparent that if it is desired to change the colored discanyone can do it by simply removing the securing screw, whereupon thehandle may be disassembled and the old colored strip removed and the newone put in its place.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely differ ent embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the followingclaims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features ofthe invention herein described and all statements of the scope of theinvention which, as a matter of language, might be said to falltherebetween.

I claim as my inventions 1. A handle of the character described,comprising an elongated sleeve, a base plate secured to the outer end ofsaid sleeve, said plate and sleeve having a non-circular centrallyarranged opening extending therethrough, a shank of like cross sectionto said opening extending through said sleeve and having prongs on itsinner end adapted to engage the surface on which the handle is mounted,and a face plate secured to the outer end of the shank and adapted tooverlie said base plate.

2. A handle of the character described, comprising an elongated bodymember having a noncircular opening extending therethrough, a securingmember including an elongated shank of like cross section to' theopening and extending through said body member, a plate secured to theouter end of said shank and adapted to overlie the outer end of the bodymember, said shank being of such length that the inner end thereofextends beyond the inner end of the body memher, and prongs on the innerend of the shank adapted to bite into the surface upon which the handleis mounted to secure same against rotation.

3. A handle of the character described, comprising a body member havinga non-circular opening therein, a securing member overlying the outerend of said body member and having an elongated shank dependingtherefrom, said shank being of like cross section to the opening in saidbody member and of such length that it extends therethrough and beyondthe inner end thereof, and prongs on the inner end of said shank adaptedto bite into the surface upon which the handle is mounted to secure sameagainst rotation.

HORACE H. RAYMOND.

